Just seen this on a sample menu for a hotel we are visiting soon

I thought it was just chocolate chopped up fine in the food processor mumofmadboys, until I saw that recipe.

I was served it with a chocolatey pudding a few weeks ago

So which one is it?

hildajenniJ the hotel is in the Lake District .
It reminded me of a wine waiter who served us in a hotel once telling us about this lovely wine they had just discovered in Italy. We discovered it in Tesco the next day .

I thought chocolate soil was biscuit crumbs mixed with chocolate. Perhaps it is sometimes a bit posher!!

Sounds yummy, the butter will just have a slightly nutty taste. I think there's no point eating out and not trying something you wouldn't cook, if you get the chance.

It sounds delicious to me!

chocolate soil is not good for you I meant to say

chocolate is not good for you!
stick to the haggis, neeps and tatties - and whisky

www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-soil-crumbs-490857

What the heck is chocolate soil? Its Burns night tonight, so i will stick to haggis, neeps and tatties

But black isn't burnt black, it is browned just enough to make it taste nutty.

It is a British fault to shy away from anything that makes them appear knowledgable about food as though they would be acting "above themselves" - the French love food, and the kind of ordinary people who would be ordering beans on toast with a cup of strong tea over here are ready there to compare the virtues of different local cheeses and wines.

Me too Jane. I am adventurous when we eat out. I love trying something different.

Surely there's an inbetween, burnt black butter does not appeal to me neither would I buy baked beans on toast
I hate pretentiousness whether it's a person or a menu I like reality anyway I wouldn't ever buy anything with burnt in the title even if they mean brown not burnt it

Yes I'd like to know the hotel too please Floradora
I agree with you Gill. I'm always disappointed if we go out and the only things on the menu are things I do at home.

Eden Valley Brie was in a cheese and wine hamper we received at Christmas - delicious

I like the sound of the mushrooms, brie and black butter and hazelnuts on toast. I don't want to go to a restaurant and have baked beans or mash, or something I can cook at home, give me (poncy) yummy food with top quality ingredients and luxurious surroundings any day .

what time's dinner MawBroon?

I will bring the wine

www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/how-to-brown-butter

If I may ask Floradora where is the hotel?

If your burnt butter hazelnuts are anything like this sauce, then I'd love to try them.

Bring it on! the whole point of going out to eat is tasting and trying new things that I couldn't cook for myself.

What is " poncy" here?
Is Hollandaise poncy?
Is mayonnaise poncy?
Why should Beurre Noisette or "black butter " be poncy?
Would you rather stick to Ketchup or HP sauce then?
I also enjoy skate (Raie au beurre if you are not afraid of being poncy)
Available at Waitrose of course.

Just toast? That's a bit ordinary - surely it should be 'lightly toasted 'pan pugliese' or 'pumpernickel' or even just ordinary 'sourdough'

I like to know exactly where my mushrooms have come from - preferably an indoor mushroom farm! I know a couple of people who do forage but I am a scaredy cat.

Isn't burnt butter is what happens when you put the pan on for an omelette and forget it?
Oh, no, thankyou MawBroon, you are obviously a more adventurous cook than me!

Hotel sent me a sample menu and one of the desserts was some kind of fruit served with chocolate soil, what ? Sounds disgusting and more offputting than snail porridge.

I get my skate directly from a wholesale fishmonger in Grimsby they deliver quite widely (in in Leicestershire) I am assured they are within quota and have only sustainable sources - its delicious.

Stuff all this poncy nonsense - can't be bothered with it and it puts me off these restaurants. We eat at the pub!